U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges federal support to fully rebuild the highway through the Pigeon River Gorge between North Carolina and Tennessee.

As crews continue to make repairs so that I-40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line can be reopened, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has released details of just what has gone into repairing the portion of road washed out by flooding when Hurricane Helene hit.

Two separate collisions stopped traffic on Interstate 40 in Orange County, North Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon and the stopped vehicles were struck from behind, including a tractor trailer that hit a passenger vehicle,

Snow brought by a winter storm Wednesday is causing traffic issues on some major roadways across the Triad on Wednesday. One particularly treacherous area has been near the I-40 and I-85 split, where an NC State Highway Patrol trooper told WFMY News 2 that there have been "a lot of collisions,

North Carolina Highway Patrol say William Crowel Kellam, 44, was driving a tractor-trailer too fast for conditions when he rammed the back of a car

The primary road connection between North Carolina and eastern Tennessee was severed in late September as flooding in the Pigeon River gorge washed away over 1 mile of I-40's eastbound lanes.

Officials say Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line, which has been closed due to Helene damage, will partially reopen on March 1st.

Interstate 40, a key commerce route from North Carolina to California, could reopen in a limited manner in about a month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday. Speaking from where two eastbound lanes of the interstate collapsed into the Pigeon River,

A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding will reopen to traffic by March 1, Gov. Josh Stein announced Monday while visiting

Governor Josh Stein announced on Monday, Feb. 10 that two lanes on I-40 will reopen by March 1. Stein, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and a handful of North Carolina's congressional delegation visited the site of the interstate washout and pledged to continue local and federal support.

This announcement comes after a visit by the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy surveyed Helene Recovery in the area.

A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding will reopen to traffic by March 1. Gov. Josh Stein made the announcement Monday while visiting the roadway’s shuttered portion and meeting with U.